2019 Malmö FF season
# 2019 Malmö FF season

The 2019 season was Malmö FF's 108th in existence, their 84th season in Allsvenskan and their 19th consecutive season in the league. They competed in Allsvenskan where they finished as runners-up, the 2018–19 Svenska Cupen where they were knocked out in the group stage, and the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League where they were knocked out in the round of 32. Malmö FF also participated in two competitions in which the club continued playing in for the 2020 season, the 2019–20 Svenska Cupen and the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League. The season began with the first leg of the round of 32 of the UEFA Europa League on 14 February, league play started on 1 April and concluded on 2 November. The season concluded with the last UEFA Europa League group stage match on 12 December.

Malmö FF managed to qualify for a second consecutive group stage in the UEFA Europa League after having successfully gone through the qualification stage from the first round. For the first time in the club's history, they finished at the top of a European group after having beaten regional rival F.C. Copenhagen on the final match day. On the domestic stage, the club narrowly lost the league title to Djurgårdens IF, finishing one point behind in the league table. In Svenska Cupen, Malmö FF didn't make it across the group stage, having lost against Superettan club Östers IF.

## Players

### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | CZE | Dušan Melichárek |
| 2 | DF | SWE | Eric Larsson |
| 3 | DF | ALB | Egzon Binaku |
| 3 | DF | DEN | Jonas Knudsen |
| 4 | DF | SWE | Behrang Safari (vice captain) |
| 5 | MF | DEN | Søren Rieks |
| 6 | MF | SWE | Oscar Lewicki |
| 7 | MF | COM | Fouad Bachirou |
| 8 | MF | ISL | Arnór Ingvi Traustason |
| 9 | FW | SWE | Markus Rosenberg (captain) |
| 10 | FW | SWE | Carlos Strandberg |
| 11 | FW | SWE | Guillermo Molins |
| 14 | MF | DEN | Anders Christiansen |
| 15 | DF | SWE | Anel Ahmedhodžić |
| 16 | DF | SWE | Felix Beijmo |
| 17 | DF | SWE | Rasmus Bengtsson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | USA | Romain Gall |
| 19 | MF | SWE | Erdal Rakip |
| 20 | MF | NGA | Bonke Innocent |
| 22 | MF | SWE | Adi Nalic |
| 23 | FW | SWE | Marcus Antonsson |
| 24 | DF | DEN | Lasse Nielsen |
| 26 | DF | NOR | Andreas Vindheim |
| 27 | GK | SWE | Johan Dahlin |
| 31 | DF | SWE | Franz Brorsson |
| 32 | MF | NOR | Jo Inge Berget |
| 35 | MF | SWE | Samuel Adrian |
| 37 | FW | SWE | Tim Prica |
| 38 | MF | ALB | Laorent Shabani |
| 40 | DF | SWE | Hugo Andersson |
| — | GK | SWE | Jakob Tånnander |

### Players in/out

**In**

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 | MF | Adi Nalic | 21 | Landskrona BoIS | End of contract | Winter | 2022 | Free | mff.se |
| 1 | GK | Dušan Melichárek | 35 | Zbrojovka Brno | End of contract | Winter | 2020 | Free | mff.se |
| 15 | DF | Anel Ahmedhodžić | 19 | Nottingham Forest | Transfer | Winter | 2022 | Undisclosed | mff.se |
| 19 | MF | Erdal Rakip | 22 | Benfica | Transfer | Winter | 2022 | Undisclosed | mff.se |
| 32 | MF | Jo Inge Berget | 28 | New York City | End of contract | Winter | 2022 | Free | mff.se |
| 3 | DF | Jonas Knudsen | 26 | Ipswich Town | End of contract | Summer | 2023 | Free | mff.se |
| 16 | DF | Felix Beijmo | 21 | Werder Bremen | Loan | Summer | 2019 | | mff.se |

**Out**

| N | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 | GK | Fredrik Andersson | 30 | Örgryte IS | End of contract | Winter | Free | mff.se |
| 33 | FW | Teddy Bergqvist | 19 | Kristianstad FC | End of contract | Winter | Free | mff.se |
| — | DF | Anton Kralj | 20 | Sandefjord | End of contract | Winter | Free | mff.se |
| — | GK | Sixten Mohlin | 22 | Östersunds FK | End of contract | Winter | Free | mff.se |
| 1 | GK | Walter Viitala | 26 | Sandefjord | End of contract | Winter | Free | mff.se |
| 34 | FW | Pavle Vagić | 18 | Mjällby AIF | Loan | Winter | | mff.se |
| 39 | MF | Felix Konstandeliasz | 19 | Mjällby AIF | Loan | Winter | | mff.se |
| — | GK | Marko Johansson | 20 | GAIS | Loan | Winter | | mff.se |
| 30 | GK | Mathias Nilsson | 19 | Eskilsminne IF | Loan | Winter | | mff.se |
| 40 | DF | Hugo Andersson | 20 | Trelleborgs FF | Loan | Winter | | mff.se |
| — | GK | Jakob Tånnander | 18 | Lunds BK | Loan | Winter | | skanesport.se |
| 22 | MF | Adi Nalic | 21 | AFC Eskilstuna | Loan | Winter | | mff.se |
| 3 | DF | Egzon Binaku | 23 | IFK Norrköping | Transfer | Winter | Undisclosed | mff.se |
| 10 | FW | Carlos Strandberg | 22 | Örebro SK | Loan | Winter | | mff.se |
| 26 | DF | Andreas Vindheim | 23 | Sparta Prague | Transfer | Summer | (€1,400,000) | mff.se |
| 15 | DF | Anel Ahmedhodžić | 20 | Hobro IK | Loan | Summer | | mff.se |
| 34 | FW | Pavle Vagić | 19 | AFC Eskilstuna | Loan | Summer | | mff.se |
| 35 | MF | Samuel Adrian | 21 | Kalmar FF | Loan | Summer | | mff.se |
| 10 | FW | Carlos Strandberg | 23 | Al-Hazem | Loan | Summer | | mff.se |

## Player statistics

### Appearances and goals

    As of 12 December 2019

| Number | Position | Name | 2019 Allsvenskan | 2019 Allsvenskan | 2018–19 Svenska Cupen 2019–20 Svenska Cupen | 2018–19 Svenska Cupen 2019–20 Svenska Cupen | 2018–19 UEFA Europa League 2019–20 UEFA Europa League | 2018–19 UEFA Europa League 2019–20 UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Number | Position | Name | Appearances | Goals | Appearances | Goals | Appearances | Goals | Appearances | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Dušan Melichárek | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Eric Larsson | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Egzon Binaku | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Jonas Knudsen | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Behrang Safari | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 34 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | Søren Rieks | 27 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 43 | 10 |
| 6 | MF | Oscar Lewicki | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 45 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | Fouad Bachirou | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Arnór Ingvi Traustason | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 40 | 7 |
| 9 | FW | Markus Rosenberg | 27 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 42 | 21 |
| 10 | FW | Carlos Strandberg | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Guillermo Molins | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 40 | 11 |
| 14 | MF | Anders Christiansen | 24 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 39 | 12 |
| 15 | DF | Anel Ahmedhodžić | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Felix Beijmo | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | Rasmus Bengtsson | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 39 | 6 |
| 18 | MF | Romain Gall | 16 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 3 |
| 19 | MF | Erdal Rakip | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 4 |
| 20 | MF | Bonke Innocent | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Adi Nalic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Marcus Antonsson | 26 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 41 | 10 |
| 24 | DF | Lasse Nielsen | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | Andreas Vindheim | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | Johan Dahlin | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Franz Brorsson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| 32 | MF | Jo Inge Berget | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 34 | 4 |
| 35 | MF | Samuel Adrian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | Tim Prica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | Laorent Shabani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | Hugo Andersson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| — | GK | Jakob Tånnander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Competitions

### Allsvenskan

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Djurgårdens IF (C) | 30 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 53 | 19 | +34 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 56 | 16 | +40 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Hammarby IF | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 75 | 38 | +37 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | AIK | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 62 | |
| 5 | IFK Norrköping | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 54 | 26 | +28 | 57 | |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Source: svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | D | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |

### Svenska Cupen

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

**2018–19**


    The tournament continued from the 2018 season.

**2018–19**

**Group stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Östers IF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Malmö FF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Falkenbergs FF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Degerfors IF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 0 | |

**2019–20**


    The tournament continued into the 2020 season.

### UEFA Europa League

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

**2018–19**


    The tournament continued from the 2018 season.

**2019–20**


    The tournament continued into the 2020 season.

**2019–20**

**Group stage**

Times up to 27 October 2019 (matchdays 1–3) are CEST (UTC+2), thereafter (matchdays 4–6) times are CET (UTC+1).

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MAL | KOB | DKV | LUG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Malmö FF | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Copenhagen | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Lugano | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |

## Non-competitive

### Pre-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

Malmö FF were initially scheduled to return to Bradenton, Florida for pre-season camp. However, after advancing to a Europa League round of 32 match-up with Chelsea to be played in the midst of pre-season, the club rescheduled camp to Marbella to reduce travel.

### Mid-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+2 unless stated otherwise.

### Post-season

Kickoff times are in UTC+1 unless stated otherwise.

## Footnotes

* ↑ "Officiellt: Vindheim lämnar Malmö". aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
* ↑ "FC Cincinnati Releases 2019 Preseason Plans". fccincinnati.com. FC Cincinnati. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
* ↑ "MFF åker till Marbella på träningsläger". mff.se (in Swedish). Malmö FF. 14 January 2019. Archived from the original on 15 January 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
